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What are the registry shell command line codes for the invert selection and deselect commands that are added to classic shell explorer? I am trying to figure out how to make registry entries to add these features to directory and folder right click context menu of explorer. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

The selection manipulation is not done through the registry. I am using the IFolderView interface: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... 16(v=vs.85).aspx

Ok I see. This looks like coding beyond my non-existent knowledge of writing software. I am guessing that using IFolder code, one could compile a script or dll file to regsvr and add these select all, invert select, and deselect to the context menu of explorer?

See if this helps: http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-add-any- ... windows-8/ and comment there if it's helpful.

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I am a Windows enthusiast and did Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.

Yep, that tutorial on Winaero is the basis for this tutorial

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/13 ... s-8-a.html

for creating the cascading select menu. Problem is Windows 7 doesn't have windows.invertselection and windows.selectnone commands in the command store. Could they be exported from Win8 to Win7? I don't know as I don't have Win8.

No they can't be added to the context menu on Windows 7 in that case. For 32-bit Windows 7, there is a shell extension with 'Select All' and 'Invert Selection' commands: http://crashcoursesoftware.com/download/ but it won't work with 64-bit Windows 7.

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I am a Windows enthusiast and did Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.

I am running 64-bit windows so the crashcoursesoftware files as is won't work.

So the invert selection is a menu item in explorer, but not a context menu. What is the command to get invert selection to run from the menu bar? Could it be modified for a right-click entry?

Alternatively, the keyboard shortcut for invert select is Alt + E + I. Could that be incorporated into the registry to make a right click entry?

Ok I believe I found a solution but need a little help to finish it off.

So basically I need to know what the keyboard shortcuts for Invert Selection and Select None are and how would you correctly code them in a vbscript file.

I figured out how to add a "Select" parent menu with Select All, Invert Select, and Select None operations based on right click menu based on cascading context menu tutorials from AskVG.

http://www.askvg.com/add-cascading-menu ... text-menu/

In registry editor, I added a "Select" menu in

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\]

For example, in

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\background\shell\]

I added a new key called Menu.
I added MUIVerb string called "Select"
I added Subcommands called "Windows.selectall;SelectInvert;SelectNone
I also added Icon and Position strings but left them blank.

I did the same thing for *, folder, and library, in addition to desktop background.

Then I went to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CommandStore\Shell

Windows.selectall functionality is already there and the operation works as is. Invert select and select none is not. So i have to add it some way.

So I found this tutorial to add selectall and invert selection on door2windows using vbscripts based on keyboard shortcuts.

http://www.door2windows.com/how-to-sele ... text-menu/

Select all is control + a
Invert select is Alt + E + I
Select none is ???? -- I don't know here, I have seen Shift + A but I don't think it works. Can someone help?

Write a vbscript for invert selection:

set oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.SendKeys "%ei"

Open notepad, save the script as "InvertSelect.vbs" in windows directory.

Write a vbscript for select none:

set oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.SendKeys "+a"

Open notepad, save the script as "SelectNone.vbs" in windows directory.

In ....\CommandStore\Shell, I made "selectinvert" key and "selectnone" key

For selectinvert, the Default string, the value is "Invert Selection"
I added an icon string with a path to an appropriate invert selection icon.
In the selectinvert key, i made a new sub-key and called it "command"
and set the value to the path where I saved InvertSelect.vbs file.

For selectnone, the Default string, the value is "Select None"
I added an icon string with a path to an appropriate select none icon.
In the selectnone key, i made a new sub-key and called it "command"
and set the value to the path where I saved SelectNone.vbs file.

Now I have the cascading Select menu with Select All, Invert Selection, and Select None, all with Icons. Select All works, but the other two don't because I don't think I have the right format for keyboard shortcuts. This should be a simple fix. Can someone help?

Or if there is a better solution, I am all ears.

Thanks!